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Blue's
1987 studio album by Zucchero From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Blue's is the fourth studio album by Italian singer-songwriter Zucchero Fornaciari. It was released on 15 June 1987, with Fornaciari credited as "Zucchero Sugar Fornaciari". The album sold over 1.3 million copies.[2]: 168
The success that Zucchero had experienced at music festivals in the early 1980s, including several appearances at the Sanremo Music Festival,[3] eventually attracted the attention of foreign musicians.[2]: 168 After travelling to the United States in the mid-1980s, he returned with a new band including some American musicians and a focus on the blues.[3] Among them was keyboardist David Sancious.[2]: 168 The tour following the release of the album included performances featuring Joe Cocker, Miles Davis, Eric Clapton, and B. B. King.[2]: 168 The album elevated Zucchero's reputation internationally
It became the best-selling album internationally by an Italian musician, until it was overtaken by Zucchero's subsequent studio album Oro Incenso & Birra in 1989.
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Track listing
All tracks are written by Zucchero Fornaciari, except where indicated.
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Personnel
- Zucchero – vocals, piano
- Giorgio Francis – drums
- Rosario Jermano – percussion
- Polo Jones – bass
- Corrado Rustici – guitar
- David Sancious – keyboards
- Wayne Jackson – trombone, trumpet
- Andrew Love – saxophone
- Clarence Clemons – saxophone
- Eric Daniel – saxophone
- James Thompson, Aida Cooper, Arthur Miles, Simona Pirone, Coro di Voci Maschili della Chiesa Avventista – backing vocals
- John Etchells – sound engineer
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